An annoying client
Just wanted to rant to somebody who understands.
Can’t wait to get rid of this client but I have a retainer for a marketing guy who has a retainer for a ‘place’ - I just do the creatives. I go and shoot every so often, edit and also bits of graphic design.
It was coming up to the next shoot and the last payment was not made and the next one was just about due. I chased and chased and kept getting the “I’ll talk to them, they haven’t paid me for some reason”. I was tempted to postpone the shoot until the payments were made but I travelled and did the shoot anyway.
I’m not sure who is the one lousy with paying as I head the client always pays on time so was it the client or marketing guy? Who knows.
I get there and nothing was organised for me to shoot ie. Staff were promised but they didn’t want to be filmed and had to actually do work. This lead to not getting any great shots I had planned.
I finally get paid and then they have the cheek to be soon chasing me for the work!
I know it’s not the way to go about it but if you’re going to take forever to pay, I’m going to prioritise clients who do pay on time and do their work first.
Anyway, happy Monday!